David Weissman

David Weissman is an Emmy Award nominated filmmaker, teacher, film programmer, public speaker and longtime activist. He is best known as producer of the acclaimed documentaries, "We Were Here" (2011) and "The Cockettes" (2002). David spent more than three decades in San Francisco, where he was deeply engaged with that city's cultural and political life. "We Were Here" and "The Cockettes" both premiered at Sundance. We Were Here was released theatrically, and broadcast internationally - in the US on the PBS series Independent Lens. "We Were Here" was on the shortlist for the 2012 Best Documentary Academy Award. "The Cockettes" was also released theatrically, broadcast on Sundance Channel and BBC, and received the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Documentary of 2002. Both films received nominations for Independent Spirit Awards for Best Documentary of the Year. David has taught courses in "Producing Feature Documentaries" in Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. He has taught classes and workshops in a many aspects of filmmaking, and has been a guest speaker, and presented his work at many universities, including USC, Stanford, Wesleyan, Yale, UC Santa Cruz, and Princeton. David is co-founder and co-director (with Russ Gage) of QDoc: The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival.